Reddit mentions of The Jet Sex: Airline Stewardesses and the Making of an American Icon

Just a quick thing - my mom wasn't a flight attendant, and the uniforms weren't particularly snazzy haha. That said, I'm a little conflicted about your mentioning early flight attendants because there was a shitload of good and bad that came from that whole thing. Coincidentally, Vicki Vantoch wrote all about it!

>What I don't understand is this rule is just totally redundant, because it's not like they announce you as part of the crew or even part of their company.

This. It's a huge fuckin' no-no to say anything to anyone (besides employees) that you're flying non-rev. Fun story: some guy (he was actually pretty nice; just a jovial/friendly man) I happened to sit next to in coach leaned over and was like, "you're flying non-rev right?" and I was like a deer in headlights (you're not supposed to say anything!). "I can tell because you're ::gestures:: a little overdressed." And at that we kinda laughed and I whispered, "yeah I hate it." We laughed & moved on to other topics.

I understand why they want a dress code for their non-rev passengers, but I don't understand why it's so conservative and I don't understand the hypocrisy exhibited in that one incident where cargo-shorts-guy is totes cool but opaque leggings that go past the knee on little girls is not. I totally got why people suggested the restriction was oversexualizing minors, too.

>JP's tweet feels like he may be dragging in his own issues (justified or not) into the conversation.

Oh hm. JP's tweet was replying to Munoz apologizing for having to "re-accommodate" customers & JP replied saying it wasn't the need to "re-accommodate" customers that people are upset about. To me, the obvious inference JP was making: it was the violent way in which they 're-accommodated' this poor man that pissed everyone off (which is pretty on point).

Re: focusing on one thing. If there can be brand loyalty, there can be brand rejection. While many ordinary people book tickets based on price, I think a huge amount of revenue comes from travelers whose work requires frequent flying and/or wealthy people that travel frequently as well. These people have the ability to hit United pretty damn hard (because they have options & they know it), and I really think they will... and should.